Villain Therapy: GRU from Despicable Me

by Panzer
Hm?
Huh.
Heh heh. Heh!
Gru: We are going to steal...
...the moon!
Jono: He's a world class a-hole, self-absorbed and self-aggrandizing,
and disregards the needs of everybody.
Alan: Gruvilicious T Despicable is his full name.
Jono: But Gru gets love and acceptance almost by accident.
He's not seeking it, he's just being him. And they're like, That was amazing.
Gru: Huh. I am pretty fun.
Jono: We all need love and acceptance.
The thing that we don't tend to realize is that we're all already worthy of it.
It's about finding the people who see that.
Gru: Light bulb.
Jono: Hello and welcome to Cinema Therapy.
I'm Jonathan Decker and... bee-doo bee-doo bee-doo.
Alan: I'm Alan Seawright, a professional filmmaker who needs therapy. Mostly because of minions.
Jono: A little bit goes a long way, and a lot of it goes a long way.
Alan: Wrong. Jono: Yeah.
Alan: Bad. Jono: But that's not why we're here today.
Alan: No!
Jono: We're here to talk about Gru and his arc from villain to hero.
We're going to do a Villain Therapy just to the first film,
because that's the only one he's actually a villain in.
Alan: Gruvilicious T Despicable is his full name.
Jono: Okay, what happened to you and why are you the way that you are?
Alan: It's a chemical imbalance.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Yes.
Come on, come on.
Yes, yes...
Jono: We're going to be talking about justifying hurtful behaviors towards other people
when we have our own childhood trauma,
and how we can journey to a place of self-acceptance and build healthy relationships.
[cries and sniffles]
Jono: It's like mock concern.
Oh my gosh...
Alan: This is a first film from an animation studio, Illumination.
Alan: Obviously, they hired a lot of, you know, talented animators and stuff. Jono: Experienced people.